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Okay here is your step by step guide to getting your Droid 2.1 rooted and ready for all those custom ROMs again. Essentially this will take your phone back to 2.0.1 firmware so that you can ROOT your droid like originally. There is no true ROOT for 2.1 firmware. YET =P
!!!!!!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!
If you mess up using this tool your phone WILL be bricked and will not be able to be fixed at all. Under NO circumstance am I responsible for the actions you choose to do to your phone. If your phone is bricked you will have to do a warranty exchange at the Verizon store if they let you. This is simply a guide. This tool used can brick your phone very easily if you do NOT know what youre doing. For experienced users ONLY! I will NOT offer any support or service to ANYONE that miss uses this guide or does it wrong.
~THIS GUIDE IS FOR EXPERIENCED USERS ONLY~
Step 1
READ THE STEPS and WARNING LABLES!!!!!!!!! READ ALL STEPS BEFORE ATTEMPTING. ONLY ATTEMPT IF YOU ARE 100% CONFIDENT YOU CAN DO THIS! This process will completely take around 30 minutes. The video cuts out most of the down time.
Step 2
Follow this online guide for extra help!
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/47349-now-you-can-live-without-fear-bricking.html
Step 3
Download all these files
http://www.mediafire.com/?t0dqmwzz5jq
http://www.mediafire.com/?wwd3tqqxzjo (WinXP/Vista 64bit users ONLY)
http://www.mediafire.com/?4nydaqzjrni (WinXP/Vista 32bit users ONLY)
http://www.mediafire.com/?myt4wnzyomy
http://www.mediafire.com/?mmt2uz3j4hu (DMupdater, Transfer this file to your SDcard)
Step 4
Install the RSDLite4.6.msi file to your computer
Step 5
Unzip or Extract the USB drivers for your appropriate operating system and install them to your computer
Step 6
Plug in the USB cable from your computer to your phone. Power your phone off. Slide out the keypad and hold the UP button on the Dpad and press the power button. Keep holding until a black screen appears that says Bootloader it will inform you that its OK to program, Transfer mode USB.
Step 7
Run the program called RSDlite that you installed earlier. When it comes up there will be a box that says FILENAME next to it. Click on the Locate the SBF file and click open. Hit the START button. This will begin the process.
Step 8
DO NOT TOUCH A THING UNTIL ITS COMPLETLEY DONE!!!!!
DO NOT UNPLUG, DO NOT LET YOUR COMPUTER OR YOUR PHONE LOSE POWER!!!!!!
Step 9
Once its done it will say PASSED on the program, and on your phone it will say boot loader again, OK to Program. Unplug and power cycle your phone. Re program your phone, (activate it) and log into your gmail.
Now youre done with the crazy part, on with the easy stuff!
EDIT – If it says fail, just wait about 10 minutes, click somewhere in the RSD program this should cause your phone to reboot.
Step 10
Plug your phone in, mount, and transfer the dmupdater.apk to your SD card. Install DMupdater on your droid using EoEinstaller. This package will root your droid, and install the recovery (SirPsychosRecover) There is no need to install the DroidMod rom unless you really wanto you can. Once this is done, just power off the phone, reboot into recovery just to make sure! If all is well you will have the superuser icon on your app drawer and the latest version of SPR on your phone. Now go grab WHATEVER rom you want!
Enjoy and remember DroidReview and any of its affiliates are not responsible for any damage or misuse to your phone. This is solely your decision and this is simply a guide to continue the growth of your great new hobby.
-DroidReview
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Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
i heard on the …
i heard on the forum that it flashes and junk and then u need to reactivate your phone. do they mean like get your cell phone service back or just redo initial setup
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
Do the drivers work …
Do the drivers work with Win7? I haven”t gotten my droid yet so I”m trying to learn all of this beforehand to prevent myself from screwing up
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
How do i make it …
How do i make it start? I selected the sbf file but when i click start nothing happens.
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
where do i get the …
where do i get the dmupdater.apk thanks for the help brought phone firmware back to 2.0.1 easy good vid. just need the apk file
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
It failed for me at …
It failed for me at the end so I didnt unplug the phone.MY phone just rebooted itself as 2.0.1 so i updated it to 2.1 and redid everything again and it went through it fast but this time at the end my phone went directly to the screen that says to activate phone and the RSD program says under status”Please Manually power up phone”but its already powered up.wut do i do?
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
@minicorndowg If …
@minicorndowg If nothing happens, then you have not installed the drivers he indicated, so the program does not recognize your phone. The phone should be listed on the first line of the RSDlite program. Look closely in the video when he does it.
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
@toaster2812 The …
@toaster2812 The RSD file should be a .msi extension file. Mine was.
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
@skylarlyndsey I …
@skylarlyndsey I would read the instructions (the written ones) a couple times first, but you would install only the dmupdater.apk directly to your phone. Also, only unzip the USB drivers file and install it to your computer first. The RSDlite file you install to your computer and then you use the RSDlite program to open the VZF***.sbf file. But if you have these types of questions, I would read the instructions at the site he mentioned in his description first.
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
@GODIZWITANIGGA777 …
@GODIZWITANIGGA777 I”m on Windows 7 as well, and it just opened as an installer. It is an “.msi” file, and that is an extension for an installation file. Should open up with a double-click or if you right-click you should be able to select install.
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
Worked perfectly. …
Worked perfectly. First time rooter. Easy peasy.
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
i use windows 7 and …
i use windows 7 and it doesnt know what to use to open rsd or sprecovery
what do i do?
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
You totally don”t …
You totally don”t need to revert to 2.0.1 to root your moto droid, you can go straight from 2.1 to rooted to bugless beast glory like I did. You just flash SPRecovery using RSD Lite
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
Attempting to …
Attempting to understand all of this before i attempt myself.. so i downloaded the file, and i feel dumb for asking, but thye RSD.sbf and VZW.sbf files give me the “Windows canot open the file” it doesnt know what progam to use to install. Any advice?!
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
@willshire600 same …
@willshire600 same thing is happening to me
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
Great video. Worked …
Great video. Worked like a charm.
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
@BYOSProductions – …
@BYOSProductions – Go to the market and type “eoe”
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
can you help me …
can you help me dude. i the rsd wont let me press the start button….
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
where do i gt …
where do i gt eoeinstaller
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
went onto rsd light …
went onto rsd light and started the process just keeps saying failed what do i do :S
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
can i remove my SD …
can i remove my SD card before flashing?
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
HOOLLY FUCKKKEN …
HOOLLY FUCKKKEN SHITTTT GU YS MY PHONE WAS BRICKED AND THEN I FIXED IT HOLY SHITTT TNO JOKE SEND ME A MESSAGE TO TELL U HOW TO FIX IT OMG THANK U GOD
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
how do i download …
how do i download dm updater?
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
where do u dm …
where do u dm updater?
Jun 8, 2010 at 05:17:07
when i try to run …
when i try to run rsd lite it opens it in a word document i have no idea what its doing